EAST LOS ANGELES – A man was fatally wounded during an argument with another man at an East Los Angeles restaurant, authorities said today.

The shooting was reported at 8:16 p.m. Sunday at a restaurant in the 6000 block of Whittier Boulevard, said Deputy Don Walker of the Sheriff’s Headquarters Bureau. The restaurant, Rincon de Guayabitos 3, is at 6049 Whittier Blvd.

“Detectives have learned the victim and suspect were in the restaurant and engaged in some sort of argument when the suspect produced a gun and shot the victim,” Walker said. “The suspect was seen leaving the area in a black sports utility vehicle.”

Walker said the victim was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Homicide detectives were investigating the shooting this morning, he said.

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